This is a bit tangential to the talk below of Egwene and her sa'angreal and her circle of novices. I was wondering if Egwene's use of the circle and the sa'angreal forced her novices to reach their saidar potential sooner, as they would be safely forced against their current limitations, and have those amplified a great deal, for a goodly time. If circles can force power growth quickly then this may be important with the LB near, Egwene instructs novices to do their practicing in circles to reach potential as quickly as possible.
It's been mentioned before by Nynaeve during her instruction to the Windfinders with the bowl, that the circle buffers akin to the angreal in which that you can't force people to draw more. I think that as the a'dam are involuntary rings, and they use the ter'angreal to create the connection, a sul'dam can force a damane to draw more of the power.
Ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
κείμεθα, τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.
Saidar forcing
- 10/11/2009 09:37:53 PM
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Re: Saidar forcing
- 10/11/2009 10:23:12 PM
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I see your point
- 10/11/2009 11:19:51 PM
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We know little about forcing, other than a few offhand lines
- 11/11/2009 06:56:25 AM
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I thought I remember one of our main characters being shot up to her potential quickly
- 11/11/2009 07:00:54 AM
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Nynaeve reached her full potential after using the Choedan Kal - she was "forced" by all the Power
- 11/11/2009 03:01:33 PM
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Is that supported by the text?
- 11/11/2009 06:37:26 PM
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Yes; it is mentioned in KOD. *NM*
- 11/11/2009 06:56:26 PM
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Where, specifically? *NM*
- 11/11/2009 09:15:23 PM
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Can't find it...nor my KoD book! It must be in my storage boxes somewhere!
- 11/11/2009 10:03:55 PM
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Re: We know little about forcing, other than a few offhand lines
- 12/11/2009 06:59:44 PM
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She was. She just worked really hard heating tea in the White Tower. *NM*
- 12/11/2009 07:09:30 PM
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Saidin Forcing
- 10/11/2009 11:19:58 PM
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Yep...I think that was one order of Rand's that Taim actually followed.
- 11/11/2009 06:54:00 AM
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I don't think so.
- 10/11/2009 11:41:22 PM
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There is nothing wrong with forcing
- 11/11/2009 07:27:11 AM
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Re: There is nothing wrong with forcing
- 11/11/2009 04:30:09 PM
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The Black Tower also has a huge mortality rate. At least a third, IIRC. Oddly, the Seancean are best
- 11/11/2009 06:40:57 PM
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